Hi-Liners Tennis Splits to End Regular Season

VALLEY CITY, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Hi-Liner girls tennis team had a busy end of the regular season on Friday and Saturday with two home EDC matches. Valley City is always listed first in the results.

Friday, May 20^th EDC Match

VC 3

Sheyenne 6

Singles:

1. Breck Sufficool lost to Mimi Gu 6-0, 6-1
2. Olivia Ingstad lost to Alyssa Sommerfeld 6-2, 6-2
3. Abby Martineck defeated Hailey Beeter 6-4, 6-2
4. Kailee Nielson lost to Sarea Gu 7-5, 6-4
5. Abby Redfearn lost to Jayne Thompson 7-5, 2-0 ret.
6. Georgia Zaun defeated Abby Timmerman 6-2, 6-2

Doubles:

1. Sufficool/Ingstad lost to M.Gu/Sommerfeld 6-0, 6-2
2. Martineck/Redfearn defeated Beeter/S.Gu 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
3. Nielson/Zaun lost to Thompson/Timmerman 6-4, 6-4

Saturday, May 21^st EDC Match

VC 6

Fargo North 3

Singles:

1. Sufficool lost to Erika Spanjer 6-4, 6-4
2. Ingstad defeated Lainy Latunski 6-2, 6-1
3. Martineck defeated Ellen Erickson 6-0, 6-0
4. Nielson defeated Julia Puhl 6-1, 6-4
5. Zaun defeated Lizzie Hardie 6-3, 6-2
6. Ella Olson lost to Kellon Taragos 6-2, 6-0

Doubles:

1. Sufficool/Ingstad lost to Spanjer/Latunski 0-6, 6-4, 6-2
2. Martineck/Redfearn defeated Erickson/Puhl 6-3, 6-3
3. Nielson/Zaun defeated Hardie/Tarago 6-2, 7-5

Coach Matt Neilson’s thoughts after the matches. “On Friday against maybe the 3^rd best team in the state in Sheyenne, we held our own. We lost 6-3 but we had our chances at 4 singles, 5 singles, and 3 doubles. They were better than us on this day, but this showed us that we are capable.

With the loss, we dropped out of contention for a #2 seed for the EDC tournament. It then came down to Saturday’s EDC finale; a win and we are the #4 seed and a loss to North would drop us all the way to #6.”

The girls tennis team will return to game action on Thursday when they will travel to Grand Forks for the region tournament.